According to news on IGN, who have sourced the industry insider magazine Variety- there are two more Appleseed projects lined up.
Micott & Bazara, the creators of the Appleseed franchise,…
By combining the lush aesthetics of a Victorian-influenced future with a hard fought, epic war- GONZO’s Last Exile has emerged in the UK with the best of reputations. Beautifully animated…
Makoto Shinkai’s (director of Voices of a Distant Star) much anticipated new anime ‘The Place Promised in Our Early Days’ has recently being wowing audiences in packed (if…
Last week, we reported that UK newspaper The Guardian had published extracts of Peter Carey’s new book ‘Wrong about Japan’- a book written after Peter was inspired by his …
I’ve taken a rather early look at ADV’s Kino’s Journey #2, simply because I enjoyed the first volume so much so that I could hardly wait to check this next installment! If you…
As far as philosophical anime go, you would be hard pushed to find a more thoughtful and symbolic series than Kino’s Journey. And depending on which side of the fence you stand, you will find…
Play.com have updated their anime release dates, revealing several tentative ADV UK DVD releases that reach as far as March 2005.
Amongst others (and no doubt, of interest to many) is the debut…
The CLAMP authored ‘Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles’ is going to be adapted into an anime TV series and will start airing on Japanese TV in April 2005. The animation will be handled …
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence has finally taken over $1 million at the US box office, thereby making it the 9th highest grossing theatrical anime in the US as well as giving it a tremendous record…
The CG animated Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children OVA has been delayed until 2005. Previously, this much anticipated anime had been expected to be released in December.Source: Anime News Network…
Today’s review is putting Tenchi Forever under the microscope. Released by MVM, this is yet another spin-off from the Tenchi Muyo! franchise that is nothing less than enthralling.
Tenchi…I approached Tenchi Forever with a renewed sense of enthusiasm after the resounding enjoyment I had with the first Tenchi Muyo! movie, Tenchi in Love.Typically, feature length movies that have…
In lieu of the news that UK designer Paul Nicholson (of Terratag) was the creative force behind the infamous ‘Laughing Man’ logo seen throughout the ‘Ghost in the Shell: Stand…
Studio Ghibli’s The Cat Returns has been acquired by Optimum Releasing and will see a (most likely limited) UK cinema release in March ’05 before eventually getting a UK DVD release…
The December issue of (UK based) Impact magazine features Katsuhiro Otomo’s Steamboy as the main cover image. Content-wise, the magazine previews the aforementioned Steamboy as well…
After MVM stopped releasing Yu Yu Hakusho DVDs at just the second volume, many UK fans were left pondering if MVM would ever restart releasing this popular (and rather long running – 112 …
Ain’t it Cool News are reporting that a Hollywood live-action adaptation of Mobile Suit Gundam is being developed.
The article, having quoted Mobile Suit Gundam’s creator Yoshiyuki…
Lately, Bandai Europe have been progressively pushing back their UK DVD release dates and indeed, we bring yet more news of anime DVDs being delayed (thanks go to Otaku News for these latest release…
Last week, we reported that the ‘Mail on Sunday’ published a disappointing and negative article concerning manga being filtered into UK schools to help encourage more youngsters…
After collecting a fair amount of votes for our ‘most wanted UK DVD release’ survey, I have officially closed the voting and will be attempting to produce a decent-sized article …
